exactly one year ago
A year ago tonight I sat down at this keyboard and wrote the first paragraph of a novel about Hild of Whitby….
Read moreMonth: September 2008
The dozen daily delights
After my posts yesterday about wine and chocolate, plus pondering the end of the world, I’ve decided to list the twelve daily…
Read moreoh, and chocolate too
Earlier today I suggested getting blotto on vino to beat fallout. Drinking is good for you! So, it turns out, is chocolate:…
Read moreget drunk, survive apocalypse
Well, okay, not quite. But close: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A natural antioxidant commonly found in red wine and fruit may protect against…
Read moreBarack and Jed chat
In the New York Times nearly a week ago, Aaron Sorkin imagined a conversation between Barack Obama and Jed Bartlet: BARACK OBAMA…
Read morean edible house
An Edible Prefab Home for Humanity This home concept is intended to replace the outdated design solutions at Habitat for Humanity. We…
Read moreFriday Audio: Touching Fire
I was going to run the last of the Stay readings today but after being blown away yesterday by Karina‘s vid I…
Read moreMurder music, heat and sex music
Some of you have read my story, “Touching Fire.” Some of you in Seattle may even have heard me read from it….
Read morea detailed analysis of the econonomic meltdown in cartoon form
A Detailed Analysis of the Economic Meltdown in Cartoon Form, by Lee Camp: click image to enlarge So what do you think?…
Read morea bigger threat than global warming!
Something is tweaking our boy-making! Cue creepy music and villain twirling mustachios… Here’s a long article in the Globe & Mail on…
Read moreautumn is here
I slept with the windows open last night, listening to the rain. For the first time in weeks the owls were quiet,…
Read moreyumminess through the ages
The Guardian tells us about Richard II’s cookbook–well, not his, but his master cooks’: A rare medieval cookbook is to be digitally…
Read moreanniversaries good and bad
September is full of annivesaries. There’s our wedding. There’s the day we decided we’d live together: that I would leave my partner…
Read moreA glad day
Today is Kelley‘s birthday. I’m glad she was born. I’m also glad she loves life enough to live it to the full,…
Read moreParty for sale!
This just in from Payseur and Schmidt: Payseur & Schmidt Mailing List Sale! Because we appreciate all of our fans out there,…
Read moreplastic logic
Now this looks more like it. (The article is somewhat oddly and sketchily written but it has an image gallery that’s worth…
Read moreFriday audio: Stay #3
Here is another reading from Stay (about 6:20). Aud has just got back from New York, where she nearly died. We join…
Read moremarket meltdown
This photo is from Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood. I know, it’s a cow not a bull, but let’s just pretend, eh? Anyway,…
Read moretalking amongst your shelves
At the Guardian, Talking Amongst Your Shelves: A novel way to organise your books is to use different titles to spell out…
Read moreflying ointment
From: Linda Is wolfsbane similiar to Deadly Nightshade? No. Wolfsbane aka aconite aka monkshood is quite different from deadly nightshada aka belladonna….
Read morePalin name generator
Ha, now this is a bit of fun, the Sarah Palin name generator: Sarah Palin has picked out an All-American set of…
Read moretime to giggle and eat rubbish
Here’s a story about another Dr. Scientifical Meanie Pajamas taking all the fun out of life: A new type of drug could…
Read moredo. not. ever.
…tell me your dreams. “Oh, my god,” you say, “I had the weirdest dream last night!” and I say, “I find other…
Read morealmost god but not quite
Your result for The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test… The Cardinal You scored 74% Cardinal, 23% Monk, 35% Lady,…
Read moreR.E.S.P.E.C.T.
From: Janet I found a copy of Slow River at the Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto, an independent gay bookstore Actually Evecho…
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